Empty Collection (#8)

Picnic table on beach in fog St. Joseph's Island, Ontario, Canada

Multicolored beach umbrellas on a tropical shore, Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda, Caribbean, West Indies

Red telephone box on the palm fringed Dickenson beach, Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda, Caribbean, West Indies

Empty shore in a tropical lagoon, Hermitage Beach, Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda, Caribbean, West Indies

England, East Sussex, Rye, Mermaid Street at Night

England, East Sussex, Rye, The Mermaid Inn and Mermaid Street at Night

Blue Lagoon, Rangiroa, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia

Empty boat moored in the turquoise sea, Poste Lafayette, Indian Ocean, East coast, Mauritius

Dramatic clouds and sunbeams over a blue sky. Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Lightning strikes over a pier during a storm in Atlit, near the northern Israeli city of Haifa October 25, 2012. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags)

A man walks in a building during power outage in Karachi, Pakistan April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Empty fountains are seen in Adderley Street in central Cape Town, South Africa, January 28, 2018. Picture taken January 28, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Balloons are attached to a street sign as a decoration for the carnival in the empty street of the northern German town of Braunschweig, February 15, 2015

A deceased beached whale lies on a beach with the skyline of New York rising behind it in the Queens borough region of Breezy Point, New York, December 27, 2012

Ski lift chairs hang at the abandoned Alps Ski Resort located near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Goseong, South Korea, February 6, 2018. Picture taken February 6, 2018

Empty buildings are seen at the abandoned Alps Ski Resort located near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Goseong, South Korea, February 6, 2018. Picture taken February 6, 2018

Empty railway tracks are seen at a marshalling yard in Sotteville-Les-Rouen, near Rouen, France, April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

A general view shows a dried up river bed in Ethiopias northern Amhara region, February 11, 2016. Picture taken February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Katy Migiro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Grace Bay, beach, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos

Honduras, Bay Islands, Roatan, West Bay, Jetty

Palm trees on Nacpan Beach, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines

Bridge over Brouwersgracht in western Grachtengordel canal ring at dusk, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Streets of Marken decorated for Koningsdag, or Kings Day, with flags of Dutch national colors, Marken, North Holland, Netherlands

Railway tracks leading into a sand dune, Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

The Sahara desert mountains near Hombori. Mali, West Africa

Haus Marienfels, Schleiden-Gemuend, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Alleyway with stairs between colorful buildings, Vieille Ville (Old Town), Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d Azur, France

Plane Trees (Platanus -- acerifolia) along tree-lined highway, Aude Department, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Palestine, West Bank, Jericho. Judean desert landscape near Wadi Quelt

Palm trees and blue sky, empty Cambodian landscape, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

Vintage blue Citroen 2cv parked in front of a house in Castellet, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d Azur, France

Old faAzade of hardware store with pained sign for Quincaillerie, Sault, Vaucluse
Old facade of hardware store with pained sign for Quincaillerie, Sault, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d Azur. France

Small boat on the beach at Malacory Island, Coron, Palawan, Philippines

Alley in the old town of Binibequer Vell, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Aerial View of Sand Dunes, Sossusvlei, Namibia, Africa

View From John Ford Point, Monument Valley, Arizona, USA

Lightning bolt at the end of a country road
Lightning bolt strikes from a thunderstorm while a lonely road leads into the storm

Sunrise over the frozen shoreline of Hudson Bay, Canada

Blizzard on the tundra, Churchill, Manitoba

Snow covers a vast landscape in Northern Yukon, Canada
Winter covers the landscape in the Blackstone River Valley up on the Demptser Highway on the northern Yukon

Lake at Valafell mountain pass on the west coast of Iceland
Landforms and cloud formations and their mirror reflection in a lake at Valafell mountain pass, near Olafsvik, Snaefellsnes peninsula, west coast of Iceland; Iceland

Snow-covered mountains in the Western Highlands of Iceland
Snow-clad mountains in early winter in the Kaldidalur Valley, seen from Langjokull Glacier, in the western Highlands of west Iceland; Iceland

The Pan American Highway runs along Peru's Pacific Desert Coast, Near Chala, Peru
The Pan American Highway is an empty, lonely, desolate road as it runs along Peru's Pacific Desert Coast along the ocean for hundreds of miles; Near Chala, Peru

Two red Adirondack chairs in a snow-covered landscape
Two brightly coloured red Adirondack chairs snow-covered, against a snow-covered scene with an evergreen hillside in the background; Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Hornsgatan by Night, 1902. Creator: Eugène Jansson
Hornsgatan by Night, 1902. Additional Info: In Hornsgatan at Night, the gaslights create swirls and waves along the empty Stockholm street

Mount Vernon, the residence of Washington, visited by the Prince of Wales on the 5th of Oct, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Mount Vernon, the residence of Washington, visited by the Prince of Wales on the 5th of October, 1860. The house...is, according to the Times correspondent, in shocking plight

Eglise Merced, c.1866. Creator: Paul Emile Miot
Eglise Merced, c.1866. Veracruz or Martinique

Place de la Lavane, c.1866. Creator: Paul Emile Miot
Place de la Lavane, c.1866. Martinique

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Emptiness echoes through time, capturing the essence of solitude and nostalgia. From John Mills in Ice Cold In Alex (1958) to Stamford Bridge View, each frame tells a story of absence and longing. A Dickensian tale unfolds with an empty chair as its protagonist, inviting us to ponder the untold narratives it holds. Dark stairs at night in Montmartre, Paris whisper secrets only known by the moonlight. A canoe glides silently on Lake Louise at sunrise, reflecting the serenity of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. The sports arena interior in Hershey, Pennsylvania stands silent and still, awaiting the roar of cheering crowds once more. Epcot Center in Orlando beckons visitors with its vast emptiness that promises endless possibilities. Old lobster pots lie abandoned at Catterline in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; remnants of a once-thriving fishing industry now lost to time's embrace. An empty tennis court at Choi Hung Estate speaks volumes about Hong Kong's oldest public housing estates' history and resilience. Bougainvillea blooms defiantly against whitewashed walls on a narrow street; their vibrant colors contrasting against an otherwise empty canvas. Union Street in Aberdeen transports us back to the 1960s when bustling streets were filled with life and laughter. In these snapshots from around the world - from Europe to North America and beyond - we are reminded that emptiness can be both hauntingly beautiful and evocative. It invites contemplation while leaving room for imagination to fill its void.